If you've been involved in major project, you know that even when everyone is in and from the same nation -- and thus shares similar values about labor relations, hierarchies, decision-making, problem-solving, time-use, and so forth -- relationship frictions can undermine the work. 

When the people implementing a major project are from dissimilar national cultures and value systems, the inevitable relationship frictions of project work are greatly exacerbated.

International project management training lowers the risk that contentious value-related factors pose to planning, labor relations, budgets, deadlines, quality-control, and investor satisfaction. 
 

GROVEWELL's Two-Day Training Workshop for Project Managers

"Working Effectively on International Projects" is a highly participative two-day workshop that optimizes the effectiveness of businesspeople who participate in the management of major international projects. The strength of this workshop lies in the practical nature of the concepts it teaches, and in its application of company-specific or industry-specific case studies that enable attendees to immediately operationalize those concepts.

Note that the purpose of this workshop is to supplement other types of PM training, such as Kepner Tregoe, in which little attention is paid to cultural and cross-border features of international PM.

Intended participants in this workshop are those who will provide on-site management abroad, such as IPMs (International Project Managers) and their deputies.  It is also useful for those who will support an overseas project from their company's headquarters.

"Working Effectively on International Projects" is available from GROVEWELL for deliveries worldwide. 
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Course Overview and Outline

The objectives of this workshop are that, by course end, participants will:

• learn to anticipate which value-related cultural factors may affect the overall PM process
• recognize values in their own culture that can impact a PM process (e.g., Kepner Tregoe)
• increase their skill in utilizing the PM process in unfamiliar national/cultural settings
• learn to integrate value-related factors into formal PM statements and resulting processes
• build awareness of communication issues that can undermine international PM
• acquire skills in planning, organizing, and monitoring transferable to broader PM roles
• gain wisdom with respect to specific target cultures (requires one or two extra days).

Options for customizing this workshop include:

• Section II: The review may be of Kepner-Tregoe or any other project management approach
• Section IV: If your firm has no returned expatriate managers, we will explore options with you
• Section IX: Cases are based on your firm's PM experience abroad; or we can provide cases.
• The entire course can be given a geographical/cultural focus; one or two additional days and an additional facilitator are required.

Together with C.J. Smith, Ph.D., a published PM researcher, GROVEWELL's partners are the co-authors of "A Parallel WBS for International Projects," published in PM Network [Project Management Institute] in March 1999.  (WBS = Work Breakdown Structure)  To read, click here. 

Together with Al Gossie, an experienced international project manager, GROVEWELL's partners are the co-authors of "Project Management Across Borders: Leveraging Human Resources Strategically," published in International HR Journal in Spring 1999.  To read, click here. 

For additional information regarding GROVEWELL's understanding of and approach to global leadership challenges, click here.

To obtain specific information, or to inquire about engaging GROVEWELL's services, contact info@grovewell.com.
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